Description

GEO_EG2008 (V101_EG2008) indicates the region of Egypt where the respondent was interviewed. DHS regions in the 2008 Egypt survey are equivalent to grouped governorates.

Other sample years have their own sample-specific geography variables. There are also integrated variables, GEO_EG1988_2014 and GEOALT_EG1988_2014, that provide spatially consistent units over time.

A GIS map for GEO_EG2008 (in shapefile format) can be downloaded from the DHS Program Spatial Data Repository Boundaries page.

Comparability

GEO_EG2008 (V101_EG2008) is a country- and sample-specific variable and has no comparability issues.

Comparability - Standard DHS

GEO_EG2008, like other V101 variables, is a geographic variable added during processing of the DHS data. V101 is included in all Phases of the DHS.

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